1947–48 NCAA men's ice hockey season

The 1947–48 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1947 and concluded with the 1948 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 20, 1948 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 1st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 53rd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. In 1947 there were quasi-official guidelines separating major and minor football programs across the NCAA, but no such determinations had been made for ice hockey teams. Even among the universities that played ice hockey, no such distinctions were even attempted until the mid-1960s.[1] As such, all American universities operating a men's varsity ice hockey program are included here.

As this was the first time a national championship was held, it is considered (unofficially) the first season of NCAA Division I ice hockey as it is the first time that any college teams would have to conform to NCAA regulations regarding recruitment, scholarship, eligibility, etc. The tournament was, itself, born out of a desire to definitively decide the best collegiate team in the country. With only a handful of universities even playing ice hockey (indoor ice rinks were fairly expensive to operate) and even less playing a decent number of games each year only four teams were selected to play in the tournament.

Regular season

Season tournaments

TournamentDatesTeamsChampion
NEIHL Tournament March 8–9 4 Boston College

Standings

1947–48 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Army1611417839
Boston College19145012660
Boston University24204017986
Bowdoin11650
Brown145906191
Clarkson1710619654
Colby
Colgate128407149
Colorado College271980207120
Cornell4040343
Dartmouth24213015681
Hamilton16880
Harvard239140135140
Massachusetts2020123
Michigan23202114163
Michigan Tech2081209197
Middlebury161051
Minnesota219120100105
MIT14860
New Hampshire134905867
North Dakota16115010368
Northeastern191090135119
Norwich14770
Princeton21101107979
St. Lawrence96306527
Union9180
Williams9432
Yale2081118985

1948 NCAA Tournament

Semifinals
March 18–19
National Championship
March 20
      
E1 Dartmouth 8
W2 Colorado College 4
E1 Dartmouth 4
W1 Michigan 8
W1 Michigan 6*
E2 Boston College 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

[2]

Player stats

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Gordon McMillanJuniorMichigan21323062
Dick RowellJuniorColorado College183755
Bill RileyJuniorDartmouth302353
Thomas GerardSophomoreSt. Lawrence15231942
Bob MasonSophomoreBoston College211940
Arthur MoherJuniorYale211940
Roland DePaulJuniorMinnesota22931
William ForbesSophomoreNew Hampshire20828
Bill SullivanSophomoreNorth Dakota16186244
Gordy ChristianSophomoreNorth Dakota1512122412

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Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Class Team GP Min W L OT GA SO SV% GAA
Robert O'ConnorFreshmanPrinceton18-------1.72
Gene DelvecchioFreshmanSt. Lawrence14803---522-3.88
Bob MurraySophomoreNorth Dakota------1.8944.07
James BurnsSophomoreYale--------5.07
Arthur FormanSophomoreNorth Dakota------0.8405.50

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Awards

NCAA

References

  1. "History of ECAC Hockey". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. "1947-48 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  4. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  5. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
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